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when you know you know

from Hymn to Her by Paul McMahon

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WHEN YOU KNOW YOU KNOW
YOU'LL NEVER WANT TO GO
JUST WOULDN'T WORK TO GO
BACK
WHERE I ONCE HAVE LIVED
WHERE I LEARNED TO PRAY AND GIVE
GIVE IT UP
GIVE IT UP TO THE LORD
GIVE IT UP TO THE TRUTH WHATEVER THAT MEANS TO YOU
GIVE IT UP TO THE WAY IT IS
CRY ME A RIVER BABY
I'M TALKING 'BOUT THE WAY IT IS
GIVE IT UP
GIVE IT UP TO THE WAY IT IS
GIVE IT UP TO THE WAY IT IS
I LIKE GANESHA
I LIKE GANESH
I LIKE HANUMAN AND I LIKE RAM
I LIKE OMNAMASHIVAYA OM
I AM THE CHILD OF KALI-MA
I AM BHAVANI DAS
GANGGANGGANAPATIAY WAS TAUGHT TO ME BY SRI SRI BHAGAVAN DAS
LONG MAY HIS NAME BE SUNG IN REVERIE
HE IS THE CHARIOT OF THE GODDESS
SHE IS NEVER FAR FROM HIM HE IS WITH HER NOW
JAI JAI JAI MA KALI JAI JAI JAI MA KALI
MA MA
JAI MA DURGA JAI MA KALI
JAI JAI MA KALI MA
NECTAR OF THE GODDESS
JAI JAI JAI MA
I HAVE DRUNK OF THEE

ONE TIME MOTHER KALI
SHE WON THE WORLD SERIES FOR ME
BUT SHE COULDN'T GIVE ME WHAT I REALLY WANTED
BUT I'M GLAD SHE DIDN'T GIVE ME WHAT I REALLY WANTED
CAUSE THEN I
WOULDN'T HAVE MY PRESIDENT OBAMA
WOULDN'T HAVE MY PRESIDENT OBAMA
MA MA MA MA
OMGANGGANGGANGGANAPATAHAYNAMAHANAMAHO
OMGANGGANGGANGGANAPATAHAYNAMAHANAMAHO
YOU NEVER WANNA MIX YOUR POLITICS AND YOUR RELIGION
YOUR RELIGION DON'T MIX WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR POLITICS
AMWANAMWANAMWANAHANAHANAYAMAMA
AMWANAMWANAMWANAHANAHANAYAMAMA
YOU WANT TO STICK WITH THE HYPOCRITE LINE YEH BABY
WE'RE ALL MATERIALISTS AND THAT'S THE ONLY KIND YEH BAYBABY
BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT

SOME PEOPLE ARE NICER THAN OTHERS AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO KNOW MORE
THE ARMY OF LOVE IS NOW TAKING RECRUITS YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW MORE
THAN LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
HER HUSBAND WORKS NIGHTS (STOP THAT!)
WORK FOR A LIVING
CELEBRATE AT THANKSGIVING
AND BE THANKFUL THERE'S ANY AIR TO BREATHE
AND BE THANKFUL YOU DON'T BELIEVE

THANKFUL
THANK GOD
THANK GOD I'M AN ATHEIST

CAUSE ATHEISTS
GET THE LOVER'S KISS
FROM THE REAL JESUS
CAUSE HE CAN'T RESIST
THE PULL OF THE TRUTH
LET OFF OF THE YOUTH
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE USE
MIGHT LEAD TO ABUSE

IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE
ONLY SHAMANS SMOKE DATURA
CAUSE THE OTHERS WOULD BUNGLE
AND THE PLACE'D HAVE NO FUTURA

WELL O WELL O WELL O WELL
SOME PEOPLE SAY THE WORLD IS A DREAM
BUT IF IT IS ARE YOU THE DREAMER OR THE DREAM
O LORD HAVE MERCY ON A FOOL LIKE ME
O LORD HAVE MERCY ON A FOOL

LORD HAVE MERCY ON A PITIFUL MAN
WE ARE PITIFUL WE ARE SERIOUSLY PITIFUL
WE ARE PITIFUL WE ARE SERIOUSLY PITIFUL

THEY CALL THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT
AN ETERNAL DIALECTIC
YIN AND YANG AND DOTS IN THE MIDDLE
OO LIFE'S A RIDDLE
OO IT'S A GREAT MYSTERY DON'T YOU SEE
IT'S A GREAT MYSTERY
NOVEL IN ALL ITS FORMS
IT'S A FICTION A FICTION A FICTION DEPICTION OO WEE

OH ROCK'N'ROLL HALL OF FAME
I SCARCELY DARE BREATHE YOUR NAME
BUT THERE'S ONE WHO SHOULDA BEEN THERE EARLY
I'M TALKING BOUT
MY GOOD FRIEND MICHAEL HURLEY

IT'S ABOUT WHAT ABOUT IT'S ABOUT WHAT ABOUT IT'S ABOUT
I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD SING THIS LOW
USED TO BE I COULD ONLY GET DOWN TO THIS OR THAT
NOW EVERYTHING SEEMS FLAT
I WONDER ABOUT THAT

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from Hymn to Her, released February 14, 2012

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45
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